Cultural Revolution Movies

  • 2015
    Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture

    Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture

    Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture

    72015HD

    In April 2013, a lecturer at the University of New Hampshire submitted a paper to the Annals of Mathematics. Within weeks word spread: a little-known...

    Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture
  • 2009
    Turning Point 1977

    Turning Point 1977

    Turning Point 1977

    02009HD

    At the close of the Cultural Revolution, a group of young idealists battle for the right to return home and restart their lives after years of toil...

    Turning Point 1977
  • 2018
    Dead Souls

    Dead Souls

    Dead Souls

    7.22018HD

    In Gansu Province, northwest China, lie the remains of countless prisoners abandoned in the Gobi Desert sixty years ago. Designated as...

    Dead Souls
  • 2009
    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

    52009HD

    The poet and painter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, is among the world's living monuments to arts and letters. For well over a half century, Ferlinghetti...

    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
  • 2002
    Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

    Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

    Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

    22002HD

    The history of the irreverent "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and the content battles it fought with its television network.

    Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
  • 1962
    The Twelve Chairs

    The Twelve Chairs

    The Twelve Chairs

    7.5831962HD

    When her country is taken over by socialist revolutionaries, a wealthy woman can't bear to give up all of her wealth and possessions to the new...

    The Twelve Chairs
  • 2020
    Heidi in China

    Heidi in China

    Heidi in China

    82020HD

    In 1946, Heidi is entrusted to a Swiss family by her father. He will never come back for her. Today, François Yang questions his mother about...

    Heidi in China
  • 2002
    Chen Mo and Meiting

    Chen Mo and Meiting

    Chen Mo and Meiting

    5.82002HD

    Chen Mo and Meiting
  • 1980
    Traitors

    Traitors

    Traitors

    01980HD

    1975 on the south west border of China

    Traitors
  • 2007
    Sparkling Red Star

    Sparkling Red Star

    Sparkling Red Star

    02007HD

    An animated remake of the 1974 children's movie "Shan shan de hong xing"

    Sparkling Red Star
  • 2012
    Colorful Cobblestones

    Colorful Cobblestones

    Colorful Cobblestones

    82012HD

    The world was in a cold war in the late 1960s and early 1970s. After the Sino-Soviet Treasure Island conflict, Beijing teenager Qi Weizhi evacuated...

    Colorful Cobblestones
  • 1965
    The East Is Red

    The East Is Red

    The East Is Red

    5.31965HD

    Pre-Cultural Revolution propaganda at its most lavish, this model opera depicts the history and evolution of the Communist Party of China under Mao...

    The East Is Red
  • 1982
    Ta men bing bu shi mo sheng

    Ta men bing bu shi mo sheng

    Ta men bing bu shi mo sheng

    01982HD

    After the cultural revolution

    Ta men bing bu shi mo sheng
  • 2021
    100 Years

    100 Years

    100 Years

    02021HD

    As the Communist Party of China celebrates its 100th anniversary, this documentary looks back at the party’s history, from the 1920’s, to...

    100 Years
  • 2014
    Summary of Crimes

    Summary of Crimes

    Summary of Crimes

    22014HD

    Peasants that were targeted as counter-revolutionaries during the Cultural Revolution in China share their stories in this documentary by Xu Xing.

    Summary of Crimes
  • 2004
    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul

    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul

    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul

    8.72004HD

    This landmark documentary reveals the tragic life of a gifted young woman who was executed for speaking out during the height of Chairman Mao’s...

    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul
  • 2020
    The House of Forgetfulness

    The House of Forgetfulness

    The House of Forgetfulness

    02020HD

    The Journey of a young man who is making a documentary about forgotten narratives around an old piano, takes him through an unknown path towards...

    The House of Forgetfulness
  • 2007
    In the Footsteps of Bembeya Jazz

    In the Footsteps of Bembeya Jazz

    In the Footsteps of Bembeya Jazz

    02007HD

    A portrait of the mythical band Bembeya Jazz, which contributed to the heyday of Sekou Touré’s cultural revolution in Guinea. Created in...

    In the Footsteps of Bembeya Jazz
  • 2016
    The Barefoot Doctor

    The Barefoot Doctor

    The Barefoot Doctor

    02016HD

    This documentary film recounts Dr. Sun Lizhe's remarkable experience as a barefoot doctor in rural China and offers a glimpse of China's healthcare...

    The Barefoot Doctor
  • 2009
    Le ruban

    Le ruban

    Le ruban

    62009HD

    China, in the early sixties: an angry mob is persecuting a rich landowner. Mei, a young worker, who is part of the crowd. Suddenly she recognizes the...

    Le ruban